BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:926@mariettaohio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230713T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230713T110000 DTSTAMP:20230707T204248Z URL:https://mariettaohio.org/events/236th-anniversary-of-the-northwest-ter ritory-ordinance-of-1787-celebration/ SUMMARY:236th Anniversary of the Northwest Territory Ordinance of 1787 Cele bration DESCRIPTION:236th Anniversary of the Northwest Territory Ordinance of 1787 Celebration \n\nMuskingum Park\, Marietta\, Washington County\, Ohio\n\n  \n\n“Slavery Prohibited\, Religion Necessary\, and Education Forever Enc ouraged!”\n\n \n\nThe 236th Anniversary of the Ordinance of 1787 Celebr ation Committee wishes to invite the public to our ceremony on Thursday\, July 13\, 2023 at the Start Westward Monument in East Muskingum Park\, Fro nt Street\, Marietta\, Ohio\, 45750.\n\n \;\n\n10:00 am to 10:30am - F irst Congregational Church\, the “Church of the Pioneers” bell ringing of the carillon will be performed with various patriotic tunes. Guests ar e invited to climb the steps into the bell tower to watch as Sean Lofty op erates the wooden levers to engage the chimes.\n\n10:30am – Program - 23 6th Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Commemoration at the “Start Westward Mem orial”. Keynote Speakers: Ohio Representative &\; Assistant Minority Leader Dontavius L. Jarrells\, Ranking Member of the Finance Subcommittee on Higher Education. Prior to his election to the Ohio House\, Jarrells wo rked at the Franklin County Treasurer's Office as the Chief of Communicati ons.\; Ohio Representative Don Jones\, Chair of the Finance Subcommittee o n Agriculture\, Development\, and Natural Resources &\; Member of the P rimary and Secondary Education Committee. Jones was a teacher at Harrison Central High School for 23 years.\n\nNorthwest Ordinance\, 1787\; Supporti ng Public Education - In the Northwest Ordinance\, the nation’s first le gislators laid down the principles for public education. The ordinance\, w hich predated the Constitution\, framed the plan for governing the territo ries “north and west of the river Ohio” and their admission to the Uni on. (The ordinance also banned slavery and guaranteed religious and civil freedom.) https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/artifact/northwest-ordinance-178 7\n\nThis event is a tribute to the Continental Congress and all Patriots of the American Revolution\, and focuses on the history of the founding of the Northwest Territory under the Ordinance of 1787. Many historians desc ribe the Ordinance as one of the top three “Human Rights” documents in the world. Author David McCullough described the Ordinance best on page 3 0 of his new book\, The Pioneers\; “the great Northwest Ordinance of 178 7 stands alongside the Magna Carta and the Declaration of Independence as a bold assertion of the rights of the individual.”\n\n \;\n\nDATES i n HISTORY: July 13\, 1787\, the day the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 is ado pted\; July 9\, 1788\, the date Territorial Governor Arthur St. Clair arri ved at Marietta\; July 15\, 1788 the day Gov. St Clair opened Territorial government for business.\n\nCelebration Committee Co-Chairs: Marietta Mayo r\, Josh Schlicher\; former Ohio Governor Nancy Hollister\; Dr. Sharon Bar nett\, Board Member of The Multicultural Genealogical Center\; Lila Hill\, Marietta Daughters of the American Revolution\; Jean Yost\, Northwest Ter ritory Museum Society\, Campus Martius &\; Ohio River Museums.\n\nNote: This is an outdoor event under the small temporary protective shelter cov ering the monument\, in case of rain we will conduct the program in the Fi rst Congregational Church at 318 Front Street\, Marietta\, OH 45750 (Direc tly across the street from the monument.)\n\n \;\n\nOrdinance of 1787 Celebration Program Support: City of Marietta\; Museum of the Northwest Te rritory - Campus Martius\; First Congregational Church\; Marietta Chapter Sons of the American Revolution\; Washington County Public Library\; Washi ngton County Veterans Service Office\; The Multicultural Genealogical Cent er and the Marietta Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution.\n\n  \;\n\nHISTORIC BACKGROUND: Marietta\, Washington County\, Ohio\, is the si te of the first organized settlement and Capital of the Northwest Territor y.  After the Revolutionary War\, many New England officers and enlisted men formed the Ohio Company and left their homes for life on the frontier.   Landing at the mouth of the Muskingum (site of Fort Harmar and the 1st American Regiment of the U.S. Army) on 7 April 1788\, a group of 48 patrio ts led by General Rufus Putnam\, founded Marietta and started the western expansion of the United States.  Over the next several years\, a great m any soldiers\, sailors\, and/or their families came to live here in a coun ty named for their leader\, General George Washington. These men who had fought for their country’s independence in the American Revolution had l obbied with the new Congress for land as payment for their service.  One result of the efforts of these men was the creation of the Northwest Ordi nance of 1787 which established territories North of the Ohio River to Can ada and East of the Mississippi River\, abolished slavery (Article VI) and served as the model for the Bill of Rights in the US Constitution. The No rthwest Ordinance was unanimously passed on 13 July 1787 as one of the fir st significant pieces of legislation passed by the Continental Congress af ter the war.  On 17 September 1787\, almost 2 months to the day of the pa ssing of the Northwest Ordinance\, Congress slightly modified that Ordinan ce and adopted it as our U.S. Constitution. \n\n \n\nADDITIONAL PROGRAMMI NG: 9:30am to 5:00pm – The Museum of the Northwest Territory - Campus Ma rtius\, tour the General Rufus Putnam House\, constructed in 1788 as part of the Campus Martius fortification. (Regular admission rates) Note: Terri torial Governor Arthur St Clair and other officials conducted official bus iness at the first Capital of the Northwest Territory\, Campus Martius. Ch eck out the exhibit “Celebrating the Pioneers\,” based on the book The Pioneers by David McCullough\, and explore the lives and personal objects owned by some of the individuals mentioned in the book. 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